
‘Why is it incorrect to clasp your hands in front of you when bowing?’ ‘Why is it bad manners to use both hands to open a sliding door?’” Image via Japanese Culture Successors’ Association

“Do you think of traditional Japanese manners and etiquette as stuffy and constricting? But since the Kamakura era of 800 years ago, ‘proper Japanese etiquette’ has existed for the purpose of efficient, waste-free behavior, making it beautiful and not physically tiring.
